Daniel Whitley, senior official at the US Department of Agriculture, arrived in Casablanca with a delegation of nearly fifty companies

Daniel Whitley, Administrator of the Foreign Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, arrived in Casablanca on Tuesday, December 3, where he will begin a major trade mission as part of a program supported by the USDA, Barlamane learned. com from its sources. This major trip is intended to promote American agricultural and food exports to Morocco and other West African markets.

Mr. Whitley is accompanied by a delegation of nearly fifty American agri-food companies, trade associations as well as fourteen American state agricultural departments, according to our sources.

Morocco, the second largest export market for American agriculture in Africa, is a key partner for the United States in this region, according to official data

US exports to Morocco reached $619 million in 2023, representing 16% of US agricultural exports to the African continent. Since the entry into force of the free trade agreement between the United States and Morocco in 2006, these exports have doubled, according to statistics revealed by Rabat and Washington.